Allison has become somewhat of a celebrity at Rebecca's school. I've been noticing over the last few weeks how different kids want to sit with her at lunch or play with her at recess. Everyone seems to know that the seat next to Allie's is for Rebecca but all the other seats are up for grabs. Yesterday a couple of boys who were in Rebecca's class last year got the two seats across from Allison. I got a kick out of that because they were the only two boys at a table of about 15 girls! Anyway, one of the boys kept playing peek a boo with Allison by ducking his head under the table and then making some sort of monster noise at her when he stuck up his head. She was not sure what he was doing or why! Since I'm there partly to make sure lunch time is somewhat under control I thought I should step in and help this child focus on his lunch. I was trying to explain to him how since Allison is younger we need to try to be a good example to her of how we should behave at lunch time. I asked him if he had any younger brothers or sisters and he said he had a "really big brother who was 12!" Then he said, "My brother is the one who taught me the scary noises!" ... So much for that! It was too cute!
Then there's our principal. He is the stereotypical principal that kids are genuinely afraid of! I think he's a little too stern but he is a nice man. Anyway, Allison has been making eyes at him at lunch and talks about him at home. He always says hello to her and he's friendly but that's the extent of it. Well, last week she must've really batted those pretty eyes because he came over a few times to chat with her about her lunch and then, to the amazement of the rest of the table, he sat down next to her and talked some more. A little later he came over and sat down to talk to Rebecca. You should've seen the eyes popping out of the other kids' heads, Becky's included!! At first they were SCARED! WHY IS THE PRINCIPAL TALKING TO REBECCA?! When they realized he was just visiting they all relaxed! It was priceless! So this week was more of the same. The principal comes over to check out Allie's lunch and the other kids rush to sit next to her! It just cracks me right up!! When Allison goes to kindergarten there she will RULE THE SCHOOL! - at least she'll think she does.
I going to do my first Home Visit for Labs 4 Rescue today. When you want to adopt a dog from L4R a visit by a L4R volunteer to your home is required to 'seal the deal.' It's kind of a formality but I'm sure there have been instances where the home visit revealed a less than ideal home. So, I got an e-mail from L4R the other day looking for Home Visit volunteers in our area. The people I'm going to see are adopting a 4 month old black lab named Savannah. Their lab died in May and now they want a new pup. I feel kind of silly even checking out their home but the rules are the rules, right? Check out the L4R link and you can read about their good work and find out how to enter to win Yankees/Red Sox tickets!
Rebecca brought home a frisbee from Pioneer Club last night and you should've seen Lucy's reaction! She was flipping out! We tossed the thing to her and she grabbed it, chewed it a minute, and then lay down next to it with her paw on it. So adorable! Someone must've played frisbee with her somewhere along the line. That's the sad part about Lucy...not knowing what happened in her life before us. Obviously there were happy things. She was well trained and taken care of. Then the hurricane happened and her life changed...poor pup. It's funny how you rescue a dog from hardship thinking you're doing them this big favor and then you realize it's the dog that added happiness to your life. What a good thing.
